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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Catherine YelletsCatherine Yellets was born about 1803 in Highspire, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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    • Name: Cath McClintock
    • Name: Catharine McClintick
    • Name: Catherine Mcclintock
    • Residence: 1850, South Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Ward 1, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
    • Residence: 1870, Ward 1, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Mother-in-law

    Family/Spouse: Henry McClintock. Henry was born about 1804 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harriet McClintock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1840 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Jul 1925 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 3. Catherine McClintock  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1843 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harriet McClintockHarriet McClintock Descendancy chart to this point (1.Catherine1) was born on 14 Aug 1840 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Jul 1925 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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    • Race: Colored
    • Name: Mrs Harriet Marshall
    • Name: Mrs Harriet McClintie
    • Residence: 1850, South Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Died:
    84 Age: 84

    Harriet married Elisha B Marshall, I on 9 Jun 1864. Elisha was born on 10 Feb 1838 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA; died in 1876 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. William Howard Marshall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1866 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Mar 1926 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 5. Elisha J Marshall, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1868 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1876 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. 6. Ella Marie Marshall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1868 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Jul 1906 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

  2. 3.  Catherine McClintockCatherine McClintock Descendancy chart to this point (1.Catherine1) was born about 1843 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine McClintick
    • Name: Kate S Mcclintock
    • Name: Kate S White
    • Residence: 1850, South Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Howard MarshallWilliam Howard Marshall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born on 1 Jan 1866 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Mar 1926 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Wm H Marshall
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    • Address: 20 Mar 1926, 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    The Rev. Dr. William H. Marshall was born in Harrisburg on January 1, 1866 to Elisha B. Marshall and Harriet McClintock Marshall. At a young age, William showed an interest in the work of the church and became active in the Wesley AME Zion Church. He was one of the first two black males to graduate from a Harrisburg High School in 1883. In 1884, many prominent citizens petitioned the school board thereby requesting his appointment as a teacher, shortly thereafter Marshall began teaching at the Wickersham and Calder Buildings (teaching and serving as a principal for twenty-nine years where black children attended classes). In the Harrisburg School District's directory for the 1910-1911 school year identified William H. Marshall as Principal of Calder Building (Sixth Ward)).
    On September 27, 1887 William married Mary Lillian Dennee, daughter of Harrisburg's ex-City Assessor Alexander W. Dennee and Frances Dennee and shortly after their marriage he was admitted to the ministry of the A. M. E. Zion Church and became associated with many churches in local communities including Middletown, Wrightsville, Mechanicsburg, Newville, Mt. Holly, Lebanon Heights, Newville, Lebanon Heights and Mechanicsburg. Early in the 1900's, he helped build the Harris AME Zion Church in West Harrisburg and latter the church became prosperous and also became an important church in the community.
    Rev. Dr. William H. Marshall being a well-known minister, writer and educator, and a leader in Harrisburg died at the age of fifty-one on Saturday March 18, 1916 in his home located at 629 Boas Street, Harrisburg, after an illness of nine months.

    Dr. Marshall was survived by his mother Mrs. Harriet McClintock Marshall; his wife, Mrs. Mary Lillian Marshall; and three sons Dr. Alexander Leslie Marshall a prominent physician in the city, and Doctors William Elisha and Forrest Scott Marshall, both pharmacists, plus numerous cousins, aunts and uncles.
    Summer employment for William along with his brother-in-law Professor. Morris H. Layton was serving as mail clerks at the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY for many years. At the time of his death, Dr. Marshall was a probation officer of the Big Brother movement of Dauphin County Courts; also as writer Dr. Marshall contributed to newspapers, particularly the Telegraph, the Patriot and Star of Zion, of Charlottesville, N. C., he also wrote for religious and educational publications.

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    William married Mary L "Bessie" Dennie in 1887. Mary (daughter of Alexander William Dennee and Annie Francis Johnson) was born on 25 Jan 1856 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Jun 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Alexander Leslie Marshall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jan 1889 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 8. William Elisha Marshall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jul 1890 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. 9. Forrest Scott Marshall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jul 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Jul 1973 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

  2. 5.  Elisha J Marshall, IIElisha J Marshall, II Descendancy chart to this point (2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born in 1868 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1876 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery


  3. 6.  Ella Marie MarshallElla Marie Marshall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born on 17 Jan 1868 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Jul 1906 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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    • Burial Location: 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Name: M Ella Layton
    • Name: M. Ella Marshall
    • Name: Maria Ella Marshall
    • Name: Mariah Ella Marshall
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Daughter

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Ella married Morris Hallowell Layton, Sr on 27 Oct 1887 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Morris (son of Major Layton and Rebecca Steven) was born on 2 Sep 1856 in Burlington, New Jersey, USA; died on 11 Dec 1938 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Morris Hallowell Layton, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Aug 1887 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 4 Jun 1944 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 11. Hattie R Layton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1892 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. 12. Marshall Leon Layton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1894 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Dec 1952 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. 13. Ira L Layton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1895 in Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Alexander Leslie MarshallAlexander Leslie Marshall Descendancy chart to this point (4.William3, 2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born on 5 Jan 1889 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Religious: Treasurer of Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church
    • Social Clubs: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Pythian Knights
    • Name: A Leslie Marshall
    • Name: Alexander L Marshall
    • Name: Elexander L Marshal
    • Name: Leslie Alexander Marshall
    • Elected: Pennsylvania, USA; Chairman of the Pennsylvania Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society
    • Elected: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; President of the Board of Management of the Forster Street Y.M.C.A.
    • Elected: USA; Vice-President of the National Medical Association
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
    • Social Clubs: 2 Jul 1918, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Pythian Knights to Meet in City-500 Uniformed Knights in Camp on City Island_2 Jul 1918
    • Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Obituary: 3 Feb 1942, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Services Thursday for Dr. A. Leslie Marshall Funeral
    Services for Dr. A. Leslie Marshall, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Marshall, who died last night at his home, 825 North Sixth street, will be held Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at Wesley Church, Forster and Ash streets, with the Rev. R. T. Hunter, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence tomorrow night from 7 to 9 o'clock and at the church Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p. m.
    Born in Harrisburg, he was educated in the Harrisburg schools. He studied medicine in Philadelphia and for the past thirty years practiced medicine in Harrisburg. He was recently elected Vice-President of the National Medical Association and was chairman of the Pennsylvania Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society. He was a former president of the board of management of the Forster Street Y. M. C. A. and Treasurer of Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Margaret Blalock Marshall; a daughter Mrs. Margaret Marshall Smith, Pittsburgh, and two brothers. Dr. William E. Marshall, Harrisburg, and Dr. Forrest Marshall. Germantown.

    Buried:
    Buried at Lincoln Cemetery. Have not located his grave marker, yet.

    Alexander married Margaret I Blalock on 6 Jul 1916. Margaret (daughter of Martin Luther Blalock and Bettie Elizabeth Scott) was born on 9 Jan 1888 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died on 28 Jun 1978 in Susquehanna, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Margaret Jane Marshall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Sep 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Mar 2005 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

  2. 8.  William Elisha MarshallWilliam Elisha Marshall Descendancy chart to this point (4.William3, 2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born on 5 Jul 1890 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elisha W Marshall
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son


  3. 9.  Forrest Scott MarshallForrest Scott Marshall Descendancy chart to this point (4.William3, 2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born on 5 Jul 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Jul 1973 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Forrest S Marshall
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son


  4. 10.  Morris Hallowell Layton, JrMorris Hallowell Layton, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ella3, 2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born on 23 Aug 1887 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 4 Jun 1944 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Morris H Layton
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grand Son

    Notes:

    Buried:
    William Howard Day


  5. 11.  Hattie R LaytonHattie R Layton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ella3, 2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born in Dec 1892 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Hattie Layton
    • Name: Hattie McFadden
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Granddaughter
    • Residence: 1938, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA; Living here when her father died.


  6. 12.  Marshall Leon LaytonMarshall Leon Layton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ella3, 2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born on 12 Jun 1894 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Dec 1952 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Marshall L Layton
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grand Son

    Notes:

    Buried:
    William Howard Day


  7. 13.  Ira L LaytonIra L Layton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ella3, 2.Harriet2, 1.Catherine1) was born in Dec 1895 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grand Son




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